native plants 20/20

Don't cut down those dead stems of native plants!

The Hummingbird Hill Native Plant Nursery took these photos with a macro lens to show how important it is to leave native plants standing...

Yesterday morning while I was clearing English ivy from our fence I heard a gently tapping. This happened when I was putting the cut...

The native buckwheat plants are simply the best to grow in our hardpan California clay soil. The very lovely red buckwheat Eriogonum...

On a windy afternoon, a Yellow-faced bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii, was determined to collect pollen from a California poppy. As the...

Bees visit the native patch in our garden all day. I'm so glad that I purchased these seedlings in August! The honey bee in the photo...

While we feel uncomfortable with very warm or hot weather the butterflies are out in great numbers. In the above photo, a Gray Hairstreak...

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